The weather forecast said: Saturday, showers turning to rain and Sunday, rain turning to showers. But sometimes you have to take the chance. SOOO, we drove up on Friday night and Saturday was perrrrfect for climbing: 23/24C and overcast. A few teeeny showers came through but not enough to wet the rock. They became more …
What a difference three weeks makes! The mosquitoes have gone (replaced by flies – o joy). The green of the surrounding fields, so obvious on our last visit, has almost faded and the wheat is ripe and ready for harvest. It will be the first good harvest in some years for the Wimmera farmers. Today, …
The fact that it has been a good spring for farmers in abundantly obvious. The view from Mt. Arapiles is typically comprised of of brown and yellow dust and salt pans. Right now the lakes are full of water and the wheat and canola are green and healthy. Unfortunately, all this unexpected abundance of …
I was at Wilson’s Prom last weekend on a relaxed trip with my parents who are visiting from the UK. We stayed in a cabin, rather than camping, and had fun on the beaches and surveying the extent of the recent bush fires. I had heard from friends that there was some bouldering at the …
A day of climbing with Norico!
My shoulder is still injured. I can use it a little and do some exercise: yoga (but no hand balances), pilates, run, swim (with a kickboard; no freestyling) and some leg/abdominal strength stuff. But I can’t load the muscle so I can’t climb or do pull-ups. I guess it will get better eventually but for …
It must have been a good weekend because at breakfast this morning I couldn’t bring to mind ANY of my tasks or deadlines or ‘things to do’ for Monday :) Work last week was tough for both me and Ross so we deserved to switch off our computers and our minds for 48 hours. So …
Up and out early both days this weekend. Saturday to climb at Rogues gallery with Alex (rain was forecast for the afternoon although it didn’t come!) and Sunday to hike up the Horseshoe Bay to Eagle Bluffs section of the Baden Powell trail (also known as Black Mountain) with Alex and Steve. We had planned …
Three of the best things about living in Vancouver are 1 Proximity to Squamish 2 Having an 8th floor apartment overlooking English Bay, which, for four nights a year, hosts the Vancouver Celebration of Light tri-nation firework competition 3 Cheap and excellent sushi. The weekend has been relaxing so far…. Friday night barbecue on Nicole …
I arrived back in Vancouver last week Tuesday.
And I climbed four days in a row: